"I began having kids before many of my friends. As they watched my nursing relationship progress, they would say things like, 'It's fine to breastfeed as long as . . . ' As long as he doesn't have a mouth full of teeth. As long as he isn't walking. . . . In hypothetical conversations, before I was at those milestones, their statements seemed logical.
In reality, as my child grew, it seemed ridiculous to end a nursing relationship based on any of these factors. Why was nursing yesterday fine, but today he is too old? . . . People no longer make those sorts of comments to me. Maybe their sense of normal has evolved alongside their own experiences or maybe they have just resigned themselves to the fact that we all parent in our own way, doing what is best for our own family."
